Table watch or carriage watch made of silver in wooden cabinet, from Gouverneur -General Willem van Outhoorn, Anonymous, 1670 - 1685 Table watch made of silver in a wooden cupboard. The timepiece and the cabinet, ajour worked with flower and leaf ranks, are probably European. The lid decorated with a putto between tendrils in relief, will have been made in Batavia in 1694. The timepiece is signed: Batavia 1694 Noel Pol. Pol must have been the donor or seller, not the manufacturer. On the watch a double link chain with a ring with copper key at the end. In the lid of the wooden cabinet there is
Table watch or carriage watch made of silver in wooden cabinet, from Gouverneur -General Willem van Outhoorn, Anonymous, 1670 - 1685 Table watch made of silver in a wooden cupboard. The timepiece and the cabinet, ajour worked with flower and leaf ranks, are probably European. The lid decorated with a putto between tendrils in relief, will have been made in Batavia in 1694. The timepiece is signed: Batavia 1694 Noel Pol. Pol must have been the donor or seller, not the manufacturer. On the watch a double link chain with a ring with copper key at the end. In the lid of the wooden cabinet there is a silver plate with a representation of the time and a spell. Richly decorated silver lock plates and hinge pieces. Coming from Governor General Willem van Outhoorn (1635-1720), who left it to Jan Trip, the husband of his granddaughter Petronella Willemina van Hoorn. After trips death it came into her possession. France (possibly) metal. silver (metal). wood (plant material). copper (metal) engraving Table watch made of silver in a wooden cupboard. The timepiece and the cabinet, ajour worked with flower and leaf ranks, are probably European. The lid decorated with a putto between tendrils in relief, will have been made in Batavia in 1694. The timepiece is signed: Batavia 1694 Noel Pol. Pol must have been the donor or seller, not the manufacturer. On the watch a double link chain with a ring with copper key at the end. In the lid of the wooden cabinet there is a silver plate with a representation of the time and a spell. Richly decorated silver lock plates and hinge pieces. Coming from Governor General Willem van Outhoorn (1635-1720), who left it to Jan Trip, the husband of his granddaughter Petronella Willemina van Hoorn. After trips death it came into her possession. France (possibly) metal. silver (metal). wood (plant material). copper (metal) engraving
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